build-it SKILL.md skillA

build-it from devotts/build-it is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add devotts/build-it/build-it@v4.1.3

Pins v4.1.3 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
devotts/build-it
Path
SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
v4.1.3, committed Oct 18, 2026
First version recorded
Oct 18, 2026
Size
15,832 bytes
Repository stars
16
License
MIT

Autonomous goal-to-DoD delivery orchestrator — the build stage of the *-it lifecycle ("plan-it plans it, build-it builds it"); formerly named fable-it. Hand it a goal and a numbered Definition of Done and it runs the whole job to completion, typically unattended, enforcing checkable gates (turn-end, claim, state-change, phase-boundary, delegation, and safe-parallel: interlock, worktree, integration), disk-backed run state, an evidence ledger that makes VERIFIED a lookup, a fresh-eyes…

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# build-it — Autonomous Delivery Orchestrator

**plan-it plans it, build-it builds it.** (Formerly `fable-it` — renamed in v3.1.0.) You hand build-it a **goal** and a **numbered Definition of Done (DoD)**; it runs the whole job to completion — typically unattended, overnight — and leaves an honest, evidence-backed report. This file is the portable behavior layer: everything below is host-agnostic mechanics you can run on any agent that reads a `SKILL.md`. (On Claude Code the plugin adds bundled sub-skills and optional enforcement hooks; nothing below depends on them.)

Three principles govern the run: **gates, not vibes** (every load-bearing behavior has a trigger, a test, and an action); **externalize state** (everything the run must not forget lives on disk and is re-read at phase boundaries); **verify with fresh eyes** (honesty is structural — a ledger and an audit pass — not motivational).

## The gates catalog

Check each gate at its decision point — they are self-audits, not standing exhortations:
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add devotts/build-it/build-it@sha256:cd9271d130d7a34d

The line at the top of this page pins the label v4.1.3, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_sknpyobfdlqulkx6.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_sknpyobfdlqulkx6)

2 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, all committed on Oct 18, 2026.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
v4.1.3 latest2026-10-18 c5f02cb 15,832 BA view · diff
v4.1.22026-10-18 74753be 15,832 BA view · diff
v4.1.12026-10-18 d9e4b97 15,832 BA view · diff
v4.1.02026-10-18 9c34122 15,832 BA view · diff
v4.0.02026-10-18 feadb1c 15,832 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (15832 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

devotts/build-it · 16 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_sknpyobfdlqulkx6
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=devotts/build-it/build-it
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/cd9271d130d7a34db5773335c7b4f787f643fe3a6a33f60e3f4d43c82ef6a3e2

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.

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